Mauritanians voted in an election over that weekend that was boycotted by most of the radical opposition. While the country’s current President, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, is expected to retain power, the formerly banned Islamist party Tewassoul that wants to establish Sharia law looks poised to win seats in parliament. It was the first time […]
Cooperation between Morocco and the UN mission in the Sahara, MINURSO, was reviewed at a meeting held Thursday between Lieutenant General Mohammed Berrid, FAR Inspector General and Commander of the Southern Zone, and Major General Fakhrul Ahsan, Force Commander of the UN Mission in the Kingdom’s Southern Provinces. The meeting, held at the South Zone […]
A delegation from the Saudi Shura Council, headed by the council’s Chairman Abdullah Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ibrahim Al Ash-Sheikh, held separate talks Monday in Rabat with the speakers of the two chambers of the Moroccan Parliament (deputies and advisers) on Morocco’s legislative experience. The talks highlighted by the signing of two Memoranda of Understanding between […]
